_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square0fedilink
BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoTIL about the max headroom signal hijacking in 1987. Despite having his bare ass spanked by a woman with a fly swatter, the perpetrator was never caught.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down17
arrow-up1553arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the max headroom signal hijacking in 1987. Despite having his bare ass spanked by a woman with a fly swatter, the perpetrator was never caught.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgBrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square79fedilink
daggermoon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoToday I learned hyphenated words are largly obsoleteplus-squarewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down18
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned hyphenated words are largly obsoleteplus-squarewww.reuters.comdaggermoon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square60fedilink
bitofarambler@crazypeople.onlineEnglish · edit-219 hours agoTIL a pack of lemmings is called a plagueplus-squarecrazypeople.onlineimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down113
arrow-up1310arrow-down1imageTIL a pack of lemmings is called a plagueplus-squarecrazypeople.onlinebitofarambler@crazypeople.onlineEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square29fedilink
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoTIL the story of Mark Codman, an American Slave, Executed, Whose Body Later Became a Landmark for Paul Revere's Famous Rideplus-squarehistoricboston.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down14
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkTIL the story of Mark Codman, an American Slave, Executed, Whose Body Later Became a Landmark for Paul Revere's Famous Rideplus-squarehistoricboston.orgFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square8fedilink
DearMoogle@lemmy.todayEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL baby hedgehogs are called hogletsplus-squarelemmy.todayimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageTIL baby hedgehogs are called hogletsplus-squarelemmy.todayDearMoogle@lemmy.todayEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square26fedilink
Sundray@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 5 days agoTIL: San Francisco has a neighborhood known as "Billionaires' Row"plus-squaresfcityguides.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL: San Francisco has a neighborhood known as "Billionaires' Row"plus-squaresfcityguides.orgSundray@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square8fedilink
FenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL you can ask Google to blur your house out on Google Mapsplus-squaremashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL you can ask Google to blur your house out on Google Mapsplus-squaremashable.comFenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square8fedilink
58008@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that the discoverer of radio pulsars - Jocelyn Bell Burnell - lost out on her Nobel Prize because her thesis supervisor took the creditplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the discoverer of radio pulsars - Jocelyn Bell Burnell - lost out on her Nobel Prize because her thesis supervisor took the creditplus-squareen.wikipedia.org58008@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL that in Northern Ireland in 2004, two bank employees were forced to aid a group of armed men in their robbery plot, while their family were being held hostage; The perpetrators were never caught.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Northern Ireland in 2004, two bank employees were forced to aid a group of armed men in their robbery plot, while their family were being held hostage; The perpetrators were never caught.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square0fedilink
abbadon420@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 days agoTIL about Jap Herron, a novel attributed to Mark Twain—written in 1917, seven years after his death, via Ouija board.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Jap Herron, a novel attributed to Mark Twain—written in 1917, seven years after his death, via Ouija board.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgabbadon420@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
klu9@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agoTIL I learned about the 12 golden mullets on the European flagplus-squarelemmy.caimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageTIL I learned about the 12 golden mullets on the European flagplus-squarelemmy.caklu9@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
lapislazuli@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-211 days agoTIL that 'Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between different shapes, colors, and sounds'plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that 'Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between different shapes, colors, and sounds'plus-squarelapislazuli@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square0fedilink
ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 days agoTIL That Turkey requires candidates who run for the Presidency to have a University Degree; Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has recently revoked the opposition candidate's University Degree.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL That Turkey requires candidates who run for the Presidency to have a University Degree; Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has recently revoked the opposition candidate's University Degree.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Madbrad200@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 days agoTIL there're hundreds of recognised sub-national monarchies all across Africa. While no longer sovereign, these monarchies retain political, cultural, and religious influence in their communitiesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there're hundreds of recognised sub-national monarchies all across Africa. While no longer sovereign, these monarchies retain political, cultural, and religious influence in their communitiesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agoTIL - There are Surprising Psychological Benefits of Hand Washingplus-squarescitechdaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL - There are Surprising Psychological Benefits of Hand Washingplus-squarescitechdaily.comspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish · 14 days agoTIL Gaslight (1944) is a real movieplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL Gaslight (1944) is a real movieplus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 15 days agoTIL The Register had an edgy–right-wing–blog phase in the 2000splus-squarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Register had an edgy–right-wing–blog phase in the 2000splus-squarewww.theregister.comAatube@kbin.melroy.org · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink
sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 15 days agoTIL about the Schrödinger Craterplus-squarewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Schrödinger Craterplus-squarewww.nature.comsbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink